Thread: Shanghai options - Ebike review
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#11 Re: Shanghai options - Ebike review01-19-2011, 03:07 PM
Felix,
A little off topic but is your panda a model? She is beautiful.
Back on topic, is the Ruckus clone an electric?Vince
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#12 Re: Shanghai options - Ebike review01-19-2011, 05:02 PM
I've heard of that law in both suzhou and shanghai, but never seen it being respected or enforced. Funny that they do in Kunming.
Barnone, the Panda thanks you kindly, and yes she is.
That honda ruckus rip-off on the first page is indeed electric. All these big ebikes that you buy from custom shops were originally designed as petrol scooters. The popular models don't take long get converted to electric. The conversion isn't very difficult, stick some batteries where the petrol tank used to be and replace the engine/swingarm with a simple swingarm and in-wheel electric motor. The chinese ruckus is called a zuma (祖玛) and they have tons of customised versions here. For some reason they love making them longer too!
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#13 Re: Shanghai options - Ebike review01-20-2011, 03:12 AM
Hey Felix, i really like your new wheels very cool for two up around town.. you get some great looking ebikes up there.. we still haven't got past the hideous taxi ebikes and ladies shoppers with a basket on the front down in Shenzhen.
We have a law down here that allows you to have a motorbicycle with an engine up to
35cc?? any other citys have this? I see old chinese pedal bikes with tiny 2stroke motors on, delivering six 20litre water bottles or propane tanks. I'll get some pic's
Meanwhile check out some of these old skool 40's beachbikes and board tracker motorised push bikes it makes me want to build an old chinese delivery bike!
http://motorbicycling.com/
cheers
Rich
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#14 Re: Shanghai options - Ebike review01-20-2011, 10:57 AM
Not sure about that law up here. It would be nice but i doubt it's allowed. I thought 2 strokes were banned altogether in china?
Nice site. I've thought about building one of those before. The engine kits are easily available on taobao for around 400 kuai, pick up an old postie bike for a couple of hundred and you've got a fun cheap transport. I don't think you'd get away with it for very long here in shanghai though, they must be noisy as shit.
I've written some stuff before about them over here.
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#15 Re: Shanghai options - Ebike review
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03-11-2011, 05:27 PMRespect man. What made you decide against LPG, though? I mean I would have too but just wanna know if you considered it. Also, didn't know you live in Shanghai now! Haha...I guess that's old news seeing as it's March, but yea...cool.
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#16 Re: Shanghai options - Ebike review03-12-2011, 08:32 AM
Thanks of the scooter review, was good reading and good pictures.
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#17 Re: Shanghai options - Ebike review03-12-2011, 02:00 PM
Hi Hans, are you saying that LPG scooters don't need plates? I went for the electric scooter because i thought it was the only thing available where you don't have to deal with any legal bullcrap. Can anyone clarify what the deal is with the LPG bikes?
And actually, what is LPG? What do they run on, and what's the difference with normal scooters?
Moilami, thanks! I try to do my part to make this forum useful!
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#19 Re: Shanghai options - Ebike review
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03-13-2011, 04:00 AMYea liquid propane gas. It's what like 95% of the gas scooters in Shanghai are. I think you only need to pay a couple hundred RMB to register them (don't know about foreigners though). They are slow as hell, though, and you hear stories every once in a while about the tank blowing up. But yea, they're dirt cheap. I think you made the better purchase :D
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